Safety razor



April 9, 1935- vw. G. ADAMS A1,996,736v

SAFETY RAZOR Uriginal Filed Aug.'4 2o, 1931 Patented pr. 9,"1935 K f "f saiiirrmzoj u WilliamG;Adams,.Richmond-val.: L

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558,386.v` Divided and this applieation April 24, i .r 19.34, stremo-72.2.5207. 1 a.

712 claims. (Ciao-412i Thielapplieation a division ofinv `gio-pend-v ing. 'application' Vfor patent.. for y Safety' ragots', 1931 land" bearingi Serial iNof fixed August 2o, 558,336..

. f flfhe inventionirelates' to Vsafety razors', jpar-j body members' connected by screwinieans and" between Whicli'an initiallyjon norn'ialiy ,'fflat vdouble.edged blade `is clanriped.V in lexed condi-f-l 1G., tion when innse.

itis weil known that 'ftheconvntionai razor` con'equently ernb'odies three distinct andpseparate parts and is `open1to' thefolzvjeotionV thatin f. lise theregis always-more orlessdanger'oi 'drop' 30. not sufficientto'provide a mere loosfe oorinetion between the body and the cap as'i'it is necessary -to provide; for` coneiderable rectilinear movel ment of Athe cap and-body with respect to eacl" other Y dnring clamping :and releasing of *the-j blade,'the rectilinear vmovexnerit being'followed A f 'bym/.Gielmovemeeiwhen @feeding rdeeSJe-nd l beingsubsequentto the pivotaljmovement Whenj; effeting clamping of the blade.Y YUnless. adequate provision be made to prevent it there iS apijobV 40 ability that the front edgeof thecap "may1drop `Y clown `and damage the cutting'edgeof the blader devised the present invention which f forjol'le object the 'provision of va' ,ra.zo r. or holder Y ini 4d vsi 1cli tl1 .liainile,v bodyand capr are ncfitfpnlyf permanently conneoted'. though relatitelyfrnov-" able ont are of Such Construction andj arrar'ige@` nient that he cap, has jits"V movement re-` speci to. the bcdfyiimid to; a; rjeqtnmear. @nar- 50 a'eterior a .predetermined travel beforeany Swinging; mo-iifenfientie` possible during' release of the blade and,' conversely, inwhich whenf'clainpf ing of the blade is desiredpivotal movement is .followed by, rectilinear movement for the `Same clude. entirely Llche. possibiityj of lthe @ad edge ofjtherbladalthe arrangement being Sil'dh .threaded y'post 'Willfbefdisposed injc'oaiiial relationtoj the Socket, thereby avoiding' anynecessity forli' f aging vthe' cutting edge'of the bladef" important object vofthe invention isf to' along'ana'xis paralleling end cloee tothe ciittiri'g'n that 'Wher` the capf svvung finto; open position non {obst'ru'ct' gjrelation-to the bladej there tween/erleiden andthe of the blade-wan and; in the latter, instanoebeing"-suh that;{tfhev 30 Aliladefwill,b e positively prevented from dropping` 1 parL r" ing the `blade action l Heine 5 5.. u

movementv of thefformer is desired to permit free access to the blade, Vthe spring means KVbeing particularly advantageous inholdin'g the cap in parallel relation tothe body whenthe cap fis swun'gnfvrom its released position back into Vsuperposed relation to the jbody preparatory to spectively'bylthe body andthe cap and coact-A ing to limit the swinging movement of the vcap away from the body.

An additional-object is to prende 'a razorior this character which will be simple' and ine'x` pensive to make, easy tol use,.positive in `ac- .Y n A Y A.tioned, are headed at v22 to prevent disconnection lof rthe coils or loops therefrom. These springs tion, eicient and durablein` serviceja'nd a general improvementinthe art'.-l

` Vprovidesv with ia ,'e'ritrai hole atfjopposfie. sidesY Y of` whichare. other.Y holes registering with' cor-f,`

'Ifofthev attainment of the foregoing and other objects and advantages, the invention preferably'V consistsV inthe vdetails `ofconstruction and the which:

1 Figure *.l is a sidelelevationf of-Xa razrvcn-.

structed .inl accordance withimy; invention, `l A Figure V2 isran end' elevatiomboth views showswung into open position.

ing the 1 cap in released position* readyto'be'A k- Referring more particularly. Y to fthe drawing;`

the Vnumeral Ifdesignates theb'edy4 Yof ,the razor which isfformedgin the; ordinaryjmannerasf-a substantially rectangularY plate', having Y guard' teeth, VI I l at its. 4opposite, longitudir'i'al i edges." `'IAS is wellfknown the outerv face .offthefbodyof a razor ofV this generaltype is convexfandisadapted gto-support vthe blade I I2. lwhich fisordinarily responding h'ole'sor reoess'esinjtheoap and, iny somemakes,A is j formedv Ywith a longitudinal` slot fo-r Y rendering t ythe lintermediate portion of vrthe blade more ex'vible...

'Coacting with thelbody andadaptedto have clamping engagement with the'` blade lfor exingv the latter'isa cap,y I3 having a'rco'n'cav'e'urnlersurface and provided.. centrally with a threadedpos't. I4. adapted t0 befreceived within aA socket I5v inV a Y `handle I6 which Vis lswivellyfmounted' within y the body .Y Il l;V Any preferredjdetailed construe--Vv Y tion`may be resorted Ito ,for providing this swiv; 1.

elled connection.. However, Athefpoint is'lthat the f handle isjpremanentlyassociated'with'the body.y

- `and is never detachedY therefrom lrvatfaily. time. v

fIn common With'finost razorsV of vthis typeIpro- 1 vide thebodyrwith 'a pair fof studs'. II- adapted 1. slots 20 yof uniform width .enga'g'e'dupon tru'n-'I nions l2| projecting fromtwo corners ofthe body I0 which"arerepresented'asl having headedends 22. Projecting vfrom thejendsoffthebody imine'iiately adjacent ,the inner .Y edges ofV the arms I 9 for; coaction therewith arecombined guide and stop lugs 2`3`which `are adapteditogbe-en- 'gaged by projectionsonV rthearms"deiining "shoul- I c jA't isuchftiine i the .slots 20 in the' arms I9 will der`s24 vfor thepurpose of limiting swinging move` the razor is opened upg Y AUp, to this point the construction issimilar to Vwhat is disclosed in one ofthe forms of the invention "set forth in,V said parent application.

1However, avery important feature of the present device is theprovision of meansl for positively which extend'arms 26Y and 21. Thek arms 26 are anchored within suitable holes 28 at the juncture of the arms Ill'w'ith the body and the spring arms 21:;have their Vends curled, coi1ed or loopedvat 29 about the trunnions 2| which, as previously menbodyrII). Y f' y --When thecap is formed and vtherazor assembled, itis intended' -that-the arms I9 bey slightlyv operate always vto urge the cap I3 away from the n divergent'and vthat the trunnions 2I- be cylindriy Vcalso that the slotsZU in the arms may be en` Y gaged'uponlthetrunnions, subsequently tol which a fcertain; amount. of pressurexis appliedlto thearms forjmovi'n'g them inwardly or toward each other so that the trunnions .will `be received with in the `slots;v 2l).` YThe trunnions.- mayjthenbe.

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ZBanfd forcediirinlyinto place.A These and other details relating purely and simply to expediente'.

in "manufacturernay be variedvwithintwde limits as the invention is not dependent upon such. In the present instance .the studs IfI for positioning the blade are shownfas notchediat Vfor j positively holding the blade upon the body Il)V for;V preventing-itffrom Vbeing carried1 off by thel o cap when therazorj is opened, "but there is no l v limitation in this respectas itis not essentialand as, moreover, v the construction regarding Athe studs and openings forreceiving the same may beV reversed,it being-conceivable that the studs may l.becarriedloy the cap asrindicated in said co-pending application. Y AvAssumingthat Athe razor haszbeen constructed and assembledv asshownand described, and asfsuming that the cap-is swung awayv'from the body into theV position shown by dot anddash lines Figure 2,-to make use of the deviceV the n I n vbladeisflaid Vupon the-body with-its holes engag- V to pass throug'hvthe end holes in y'theblade and vinto registering K4recesses or holes.4 I8 in the' cap for the purpose of `centeri'ng or .positioning the ing uponA or receivingfthestuds I'I which will opaline. with v'the'recesses I8 provided for theirre- "ceptiorrf Thesprings operatetolhold the cap I3 retracted from the body'and in parallel relation thereto, for in'other v,words prevent that edgeof the cap provided with the arms I9,which edge is Aof course heavier. *thanr the other; from dropp-l 1 ping down., The handle IliisV Vthenfrotated lto engage the threadedpost and drawy thecap I3 downinto clamping ,engagement with the blade.

slidefdownalong the trunnions 2I,'any rotary movement of the cap withrespect to the body bein'gpositively prevented. The clamping'a'ctionf 

